Wife caregivers of frail elderly veterans: Correlates of caregiver satisfaction and caregiver strain

Family Relations

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 46-55

  Dorfman, Lorraine T ^a   Holmes, Connie A ^b   Berlin, Karyn L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Social support; Spouses; Stress; Veterans

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029665913     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/584769     Document Type: Article

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